Published May 9, 2019 at 8:58 PM | Updated at 9:10 PM EDT on May 9, 2019

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Firefighters pull ducklings from a storm drain in the western suburbs.

Firefighters plucked 12 ducklings from a west suburban storm drain Thursday and video of the whole ordeal was shared on social media.

Twitter user Loriann Jean told NBC 5 she noticed a distressed mother duck in the 500 block of North Avenue in Glendale Heights, near Chicago.

@nbcchicago We saw this mommy duck circling the sewer , and we heard little chicks inside! &they came & grabbed 12 of them out from there! &now back with their mommy! In over 25 years the firefighters said they never seen that! Thank you to the Glendale heights firefighters! pic.twitter.com/XJTlnK0rSo